12/12/2023
The World’s toughest row The Atlantic is almost here and Caroline, Rachel and Nicki - Team Excelsioar https://www.teamexcelsioar.com/ (Interr is suuuuper proud to support) will soon set off on this incredibly hard challenge in order to support two wonderful charities – Thames Hospice and The Dash Charity!
Caroline, Rachel, Nicki – stay safe out there, we are all wishing you the best of luck, strength, courage and all you need on your race!!!!!
If you would like to contribute towards this incredible task and these two charities, please click on:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/team-excelsioar-atlantic-row/donate
The Worlds toughest row – The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge that will take them 3000 miles west from San Sebastian in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain (28 ‘N 18 ‘W) to Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda (17 ‘N 61 ‘W).
You can follow their progress here https://www.worldstoughestrow.com/
Team Excelsioar will row 2 hours on 2 hours off, 24 hours a day for as long as it takes to get to Antigua, battling the elements, sea-sickness, dehydration and sleep deprivation to reach their goal. Other things to contend with include, 30ft high waves, storms, hallucinations, salt sores, blisters, the risk of capsize, sharks, and the less than glamorous toilet facilities (a bucket on deck).
Some key facts:
Every year remarkable people achieve remarkable things by rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. No year is the same. Every year, brand new stories are created. From charity funds raised to wildlife seen, to World Records achieved.
• Team rowers will row for 2 hours, and sleep for 2 hours, constantly, 24 hours a day,
• Each team will row in excess of 1.5 million oar strokes over a race
• The waves the rowers will experience can measure up to 20ft high.
• Each rower needs to aim to consume 10 litres of water per day. The teams need to filter water from the ocean by using a de-salinator.
• Rowers burn in excess of 5,000 calories per day.
• There is no toilet on board – rowers use a bucket!
• The average rower loses around 8kg during a crossing.
• The fastest row across the Atlantic was a four man team The Four Oarsmen who finished in 29 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes
• In the 2016 race, solo rower Daryl Farmer arrived in Antigua after 96 days, rowing without a rudder to steer with for nearly 1200miles/40 days
• The fastest solo across the Atlantic was Mark Slats who completed in 30 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes.
